A gig on Friday 27th July. The event starts at 20:00.
Hallelugenia and Jacques, A Robin Live @ At the Well Cafe & Launderette Fundraising for Khora
Since the European refugee crisis began, many millions of people have been forced to flee to the European Union by land or sea. For a vast majority of these people, their struggle isn't over, the challenges they face continue in new ways.
Children are growing up without access to education or real homes. Support from NGOs and government bodies is proving insufficient. A lack of support and funding, teamed with unhurried bureaucracy, means lives are put on hold.
Khora is a small, proactive association, made up of volunteers from all over the world. Its team includes members of the local Greek community, the refugee community and other international volunteers too.
The fact that Khora is a grassroots operation means that all the money goes directly to supporting the people who are most in need. Refugees also play a large part in the running of the project, ensuring that the services provided are flexible to fit the needs of the community.
Over the last year and a half, Khora has operated out of an 8 storey building. They transformed an industrial building into a diverse community centre which has welcomed thousands of people stuck in Athens through its doors.
All of the money we fundraise goes to Khora.
Khora, along with other grassroots groups, were supporting refugees on the ground in Athens long before most INGO's, EU, and government's support reached people. Grassroots organizations take action fast, when it's needed, and then readjust later, as the situation evolves. To keep their services as responsive and up to date as possible and to comply with Greek planning regulations, Khora is now looking to move into a new building. The current situation in Greece has become increasingly complex and requires a dual response - while some people are now settling down to their new lives in Greece; trying to learn the language, looking for jobs and training opportunities, and getting their kids into school - others are still arriving, but now to a country whose asylum service is overburdened and to a Europe of closed borders, where movement is limited, authorities can be violent, services are still sparse, and public opinion is increasingly hostile. To meet these differing requirements demands a change to the services Khora offers and thus a change in space.
• Their Education service needs to grow to meet the needs of people looking to settle, while still providing languages for those who have just arrived or are still on the move.
• The Legal team requires more space and more volunteers to deal with the increased case volume.
• The way in which they serve food needs to change to support families to cook at home while still allowing for a cafe style space for new arrivals to meet and relax.
• The family space requires a licence, something which could not be done in the old building, so that children can receive a high quality of care and have time to play and laugh together after their journeys and during their family's continued upheavals.
• Advocacy is also increasingly important as the refugee situation disappears from the main media channels and outlets. People all over the world need to be reminded that these people are not invisible, that this ‘crisis’ has not gone away, that in order to hold onto the freedoms we have and to regain those we have already lost.
ABOUT KHORA
KHORA is a humanitarian association based in Athens, Greece. We are a group of experienced volunteers who have been working for other organisations around Europe focusing on the provision of services for refugees. We are responding to this humanitarian crisis that is affecting those forced from their homes by war, poverty and climate change.
Khora was created by a collective of individuals who met on Lesvos while working with Skipchen and Better Days For Moria and decided to bring our skills together. As individuals we have been on the ground in Calais, Serbia, Lesvos and Athens since the refugee crisis escalated in 2015.
As a group our skill set and experience is wide ranging and includes international development, project management, mental health, support work, building and teaching. Together we possess the skills necessary for establishing successful and sustainable projects that help thousands of refugees living far away from their home countries.
We are an international collective and our group changes frequently. The current association is made up of people from Afghanistan, Baluchistan, Belgium, Cameroon, Canada, Denmark, France, Greece, Germany, Iceland, Iran, Iraq, Morocco, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, Syria, the UK and the USA. Some members of our group have freedom of movement but some do not. In the knowledge that this could create a difficult power dynamic within our community, we work to ensure that everyone is treated equally while acknowledging that some people have more pressing priorities than the daily work schedule.
We believe in freedom of movement for all. We stand in solidarity with displaced people. Everyone has the right to choice, autonomy, dignity, community and the ability to access the basic means to live. We recognise that this situation has been created and perpetuated by governments and corporations who are profiting from it and we stand in opposition to them and in solidarity with all affected by it. Our aim is to create a space for international activists to come together for open discussion and dialogue. We want to reclaim our lives from the system and collectively create alternatives.
We are a self-organised collective of individuals who aim to work in a creative, flexible and non-dogmatic way.
We work non-hierarchically using consensus decision making.
We have a variety of working groups that organise separate aspects of the project who feed into a weekly assembly.
We encourage everyone involved in Khora to become familiar with this way of organising and to be part of the process.
The way we organise is important to us as it inherently challenges the systems that created this situation, rather than replicating or reinforcing them. We are not an NGO, a charity or associated with government bodies.
-------------- HALLELUGENIA -------------
Hallelugenia aims to generate an experimental sound, colliding an alternative rock soul into an electronic suit.
Hallelugenia is Dark soft freaky beats, Trippy tunes, Electronic ballads and more.
It's the latest music adventure of Luca Macchi.
After a collaboration with several muscians that brought to the release of the first EP (Clean It Up - 2016) Hallelugenia has just released a new album (Hallelugenia - March 2018).
hallelugenia.bandcamp.com
<<www.soundcloud.com/hallelugenia
www.facebook.com/hallelugenia
-------------- JACQUES, A ROBIN --------------
Jacques, a robin is back after a couple years hiatus, with some new material. Eerie rainbows beam through the violet sky, a sad sweet smile appears on some forgotten angel's face. Is tenderness a weakness?
jacquesarobin.bandcamp.com
Pay what you want
Doors at 8 pm
Entry requirements:
Since the European refugee crisis began, many millions of people have been forced to flee to the European Union by land or sea. For a vast majority of these people, their struggle isn't over, the challenges they face continue in new ways.
Children are growing up without access to education or real homes. Support from NGOs and government bodies is proving insufficient. A lack of support and funding, teamed with unhurried bureaucracy, means lives are put on hold.
Khora is a small, proactive association, made up of volunteers from all over the world. Its team includes members of the local Greek community, the refugee community and other international volunteers too.
The fact that Khora is a grassroots operation means that all the money goes directly to supporting the people who are most in need. Refugees also play a large part in the running of the project, ensuring that the services provided are flexible to fit the needs of the community.
Over the last year and a half, Khora has operated out of an 8 storey building. They transformed an industrial building into a diverse community centre which has welcomed thousands of people stuck in Athens through its doors.
All of the money we fundraise goes to Khora.
Khora, along with other grassroots groups, were supporting refugees on the ground in Athens long before most INGO's, EU, and government's support reached people. Grassroots organizations take action fast, when it's needed, and then readjust later, as the situation evolves. To keep their services as responsive and up to date as possible and to comply with Greek planning regulations, Khora is now looking to move into a new building. The current situation in Greece has become increasingly complex and requires a dual response - while some people are now settling down to their new lives in Greece; trying to learn the language, looking for jobs and training opportunities, and getting their kids into school - others are still arriving, but now to a country whose asylum service is overburdened and to a Europe of closed borders, where movement is limited, authorities can be violent, services are still sparse, and public opinion is increasingly hostile. To meet these differing requirements demands a change to the services Khora offers and thus a change in space.
• Their Education service needs to grow to meet the needs of people looking to settle, while still providing languages for those who have just arrived or are still on the move.
• The Legal team requires more space and more volunteers to deal with the increased case volume.
• The way in which they serve food needs to change to support families to cook at home while still allowing for a cafe style space for new arrivals to meet and relax.
• The family space requires a licence, something which could not be done in the old building, so that children can receive a high quality of care and have time to play and laugh together after their journeys and during their family's continued upheavals.
• Advocacy is also increasingly important as the refugee situation disappears from the main media channels and outlets. People all over the world need to be reminded that these people are not invisible, that this ‘crisis’ has not gone away, that in order to hold onto the freedoms we have and to regain those we have already lost.
ABOUT KHORA
KHORA is a humanitarian association based in Athens, Greece. We are a group of experienced volunteers who have been working for other organisations around Europe focusing on the provision of services for refugees. We are responding to this humanitarian crisis that is affecting those forced from their homes by war, poverty and climate change.
Khora was created by a collective of individuals who met on Lesvos while working with Skipchen and Better Days For Moria and decided to bring our skills together. As individuals we have been on the ground in Calais, Serbia, Lesvos and Athens since the refugee crisis escalated in 2015.
As a group our skill set and experience is wide ranging and includes international development, project management, mental health, support work, building and teaching. Together we possess the skills necessary for establishing successful and sustainable projects that help thousands of refugees living far away from their home countries.
We are an international collective and our group changes frequently. The current association is made up of people from Afghanistan, Baluchistan, Belgium, Cameroon, Canada, Denmark, France, Greece, Germany, Iceland, Iran, Iraq, Morocco, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, Syria, the UK and the USA. Some members of our group have freedom of movement but some do not. In the knowledge that this could create a difficult power dynamic within our community, we work to ensure that everyone is treated equally while acknowledging that some people have more pressing priorities than the daily work schedule.
We believe in freedom of movement for all. We stand in solidarity with displaced people. Everyone has the right to choice, autonomy, dignity, community and the ability to access the basic means to live. We recognise that this situation has been created and perpetuated by governments and corporations who are profiting from it and we stand in opposition to them and in solidarity with all affected by it. Our aim is to create a space for international activists to come together for open discussion and dialogue. We want to reclaim our lives from the system and collectively create alternatives.
We are a self-organised collective of individuals who aim to work in a creative, flexible and non-dogmatic way.
We work non-hierarchically using consensus decision making.
We have a variety of working groups that organise separate aspects of the project who feed into a weekly assembly.
We encourage everyone involved in Khora to become familiar with this way of organising and to be part of the process.
The way we organise is important to us as it inherently challenges the systems that created this situation, rather than replicating or reinforcing them. We are not an NGO, a charity or associated with government bodies.
-------------- HALLELUGENIA -------------
Hallelugenia aims to generate an experimental sound, colliding an alternative rock soul into an electronic suit.
Hallelugenia is Dark soft freaky beats, Trippy tunes, Electronic ballads and more.
It's the latest music adventure of Luca Macchi.
After a collaboration with several muscians that brought to the release of the first EP (Clean It Up - 2016) Hallelugenia has just released a new album (Hallelugenia - March 2018).
hallelugenia.bandcamp.com
<<www.soundcloud.com/hallelugenia
www.facebook.com/hallelugenia
-------------- JACQUES, A ROBIN --------------
Jacques, a robin is back after a couple years hiatus, with some new material. Eerie rainbows beam through the violet sky, a sad sweet smile appears on some forgotten angel's face. Is tenderness a weakness?
jacquesarobin.bandcamp.com
Pay what you want
Doors at 8 pm
Entry requirements:
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